Mormon mothers focus on family, explore more options

11:50 PM,
Mar. 17, 2013

Dr. Anna Wilson, 29, feeds son Ammon as husband Jim Wilson, 28, makes brownies in the kitchen of their Trenton home. Anna Wilson came to the U.S. from Russia 11 years ago. She joined the Mormon Church in 2006.

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On the living room wall of Dr. Anna Wilson's home in Trenton hangs a copy of the Mormon document that guides millions of couples on how to live their lives according to God's plan.

"The family is ordained of God," reads part of "The Family: A Proclamation to the World." "Fathers are to preside over their families in love and righteousness. ... Mothers are primarily responsible for the nurture of their children."

The traditional gender roles that the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints believes in are shared by many of Michigan's 42,000 Mormons. But a growing number of women within the ...